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Best bets for late Canada geese
Hunting get a little tougher later in the Canada goose season, but Wrecking Crew Guide Service’s Daryl Hodge offered some tips to help hunters limit out just the same.[…]
Hunting
Deer Hunting
How to age a deer
Many hunters have been in their deer stand and “something” steps into a field or shooting lane. The typical scenario is a buck on the prowl, usually at a considerable distance and in low light conditions.[…]
Deer Hunting
LDWF handles multiple night-hunting cases in Cameron and Calcasieu parishes
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited seven men last week for alleged night-hunting violations in Cameron and Calcasieu parishes.[…]
Deer Hunting
‘Acorn Horn’ buck goes down in Allen Parish
Last year, Mark Cloud was focused on hunting a nocturnal 8-point buck he had nicknamed “Tall Tine” on his lease in Allen Parish.[…]
Deer Hunting
Facebook buck picture implicates Franklin Parish hunter
Before posting that selfie online with you and a nice buck, you better make sure you’re complying with all the basic big game hunting rules and regulations.[…]
Deer Hunting
Facebook buck picture implicates Franklin Parish hunter
Before posting that selfie online with you and a nice buck, you better make sure you’re complying with all the basic big game hunting rules and regulations.[…]
Columns
Veteran turkey biologist retires
In the early ’80s, a young college graduate from Louisiana Tech was hired by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries as a wildlife specialist on Pearl River WMA.[…]
Deer of the Year
West Monroe hunter downs 180-inch monster in Richland Parish
Sometimes taking down a wily old buck requires teamwork — which was definitely on display during a wild hunt that resulted in a 180-class monster biting the bullet in Richland Parish on Thanksgiving afternoon.[…]
Deer of the Year
Doe lure reels in 170-class Jackson Parish 11-pointer
More often than not, a breeze blowing from a hunter’s location toward where a mature buck is hanging out spells the end of a hunt — but adding Harmon’s Triple Heat Estrous Doe Lure to the mix can apparently change the rules.[…]
Deer of the Year
Heavy-horned 8-point goes down in Jackson Parish
Before hunting pressure puts deer on high alert, the behavior of whitetails — even mature bucks — can be rather predictable.[…]
Deer of the Year
Zwolle teen nails big Sabine Parish 11-point on Thanksgiving afternoon
After a great Thanksgiving lunch at her grandmother’s house, Aaliyah Meshell got an unexpected invitation to go deer hunting with her mom and dad on their family land near Zwolle in Sabine Parish.[…]
Deer of the Year
11-year-old takes down 160-class 11-point nicknamed ‘King Kong’ in Caddo Parish
Gray Allums, an 11-year-old sixth-grader at Benton Middle School, said his favorite subject is math.[…]
Deer of the Year
Spearsville taxidermist takes down Union Parish 10-pointer
There’s one common trait amongst taxidermists across the country: When one tells you that he killed a good buck, you can bet the house that it’s a wall-hanger. […]
Deer of the Year
Deridder hunter nails 12-point on first-ever trip to Loggy Bayou WMA
Without ever once actually setting foot on Loggy Bayou Wildlife Management Area, Jerry Bailey did some serious cyber-scouting on Google Earth that resulted in a 12-point, almost 160-inch public lands trophy buck of a lifetime. […]
Deer of the Year
Clear Creek WMA yields nice 12-pointer
The third time was the charm for Dakotah Finn and a nice public lands 12-point he’d been pursuing on Clear Creek Wildlife Management Area in Vernon Parish.[…]
Deer of the Year
200-inch monster goes down in Mississippi
Eddie Harrell’s four-year pursuit of a monstrous Mississippi whitetail nearly came to a disastrous conclusion last season, when he nicked the big buck in the leg from 350 yards only two days before the season ended.[…]